Run, jump, shoot, fly and explore your way through a massive action-adventure reminiscent of classic 8- and 16-bit games.
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Cave Story is an old, extremely difficult freeware game that released in Japan in 2004. Since then, every console that has existed in its lifespan has gotten a port of this game, and with each port the game simply got better. More secrets, more weapons, more alternate modes to flesh out the game, more alternate soundtracks and graphical styles... All of this came together, and became Cave Story+ on Steam and Nintendo Switch. The Steam version especially is the best version of the game by far, what with Workshop Support via the Beta Branch. Fair warning, this game is ball-bustingly difficult, even on Normal difficulty. If you're not good at platforming shoot-em-ups, then I would recommend reconsidering the purchase. If you are good at platforming shoot-em-ups, though... this game's controls are simultaneously floaty, but tight, has an interesting story to it, and plenty of upgrades to find and weapons to trivialize the game.
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yes yes yes everyone must play this even the freeware version
从小玩到大
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I love this game but it seems to have a problem with wired XBOX controllers, I cannot get mine to work at all.
One of the best 2D games I Have ever played played remember playing it back on the wii
UPDATE: The only remaining issue was the game going into my second monitor even though it was set to the first. I found this online, I can now play it! Wish it worked out of the box but it's an older game (I'm turning into dust) so can't fault it too much. Here's the link that helped: https://steamcommunity.com/app/200900/discussions/0/540739861981206126/. HUZZAH! ORIGINAL REVIEW: I played this game back when it was free on the PSP but this port is busted. I've run it on my PC before with no issues years ago but now it cuts off the screen and has no resolution options other than windowed or fullscreen. Tried running it at 640x480 through Windows compatibility mode to see if that would fix it but alas no. Great game though, gives me the same feel good vibes as Undertale. If anyone has run into this and knows a workaround, I'll probably update this review. I got this version from Humble Bundle years ago really cheap so I'm not too bummed out. In fact I'd happily buy it again if there was another pixel port. I do hope people at least give it a chance but I thought I'd warn y'all about the port issues. UPDATE: The game got updated recently with a bunch of improvements! Alas, it still doesn't like the fact I have two monitors. The game window bleeds into my other monitor. Man. Still no resolution options.
This game is such a masterpiece. It's a Perfect Indie Game that you need to play once in your lifetime.
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